Joseph Colin GIFFEN

GIFFEN, Joseph Colin

Service Numbers: S31206, SX19112
Enlisted: 20 January 1943
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 30 June 1913
Home Town: Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, Brunei Bay Area, Brunei Bay Area, Borneo, 27 July 1945, aged 32 years
Cemetery: Labuan War Cemetery
C. A. 11.
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, S31206
20 Jan 1943: Involvement Lance Corporal, SX19112
20 Jan 1943: Enlisted Wayville, SA
20 Jan 1943: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, SX19112
27 Jul 1945: Involvement Corporal, SX19112, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945, KIA
Date unknown: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S31206
Date unknown: Involvement

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